ABHA: The Abha Chamber for Commerce and Industry (ACCI) organized a training session for women with special needs with an aim to connect them with the labor market.

The two-day workshop, dedicated to skills and project successes, targeted 20 women after a series of workshops for 80 women participants of an exhibition, women entrepreneurs and those interested in business innovation.

Manal Al-Srour, translator and sign language trainer in the southern province, said, “The main purpose was to let women with special needs know the basics of participation in these activities so that they can identify the main concepts of marketing and the mechanisms of opening their own projects.”

The ACCI aims to support people with special needs, she said, adding that such initiatives help integrate these people into society, especially since they find it very difficult to get jobs in the public and private sector.

Faten Al-Abahri, certified marketing and entrepreneurship trainer, said the workshop visited the basics of a successful project, choosing project ideas and the factors behind their success by identifying goals and active planning.

Al-Abahri also discussed basics of exhibition and how to transform participants from productive to investing families, and take them from the house to business entrepreneurship.

The workshop discussed the basics of products and handicrafts that could be worth investment in Asir, the importance of preserving certain crafts and developing them as a brand.

The training showcased interesting and unique marketing experiences, which ended with an open dialogue and marketing consultation with participants.

Abdullah Al-Zahrani, assistant secretary general at the Abha chamber, said that its main priority is to include people of special needs in their programs or their partnerships with several sectors to help support them.

He said the Al-Fursan Committee is discussing the needs of the people in order to support and help them enter the investment market, as well as working within the Abha chamber citing a number of workshops to integrate people with special needs into society.